Let's Introduce Ourselves Options

[wchamilton]

After all of the support, sympathy and help you all have given me the past several days I thought I'd pop in here and actually introduce myself.

*ahem*

My name is William Clay Hamilton, but I go by Clay. I'm 38 years old and live in Chenango Forks, New York, and I work at a hospital here doing technical support. I'm married and have been with my wife since we were in high school, which is going on 21 years. We have an 18-year old son who's about to start his third semester of college.

We've always had animals. We have two lab huskies (we call them purebred Huskadors) named Miya and Takoda, and until this past Sunday we had a Doberman/Shepard/?? mix named Winston (RIP). We also have two black cats named Angel and Nala, but they literally are so identical looking that you can't tell them apart.

In our spare time my wife and I are avid video game players and we like to watch movies and are avid readers. I also play a bit of bass guitar and fancy myself to be an amateur photographer... I'm also a huge military aviation nerd; my wife and I took a weekend trip to Washington DC in May to see The Blue Angels.

Here's a picture of us that was taken last year at Disneyland.



And here's a sample of some of the pictures I took at the airshow in May::

[CarissaP]

Hello

I just joined my name is Carissa I am 20 and live in the UK England (for university/work/living with partner) and Wales (my mum and pets home, my birth place, the place I go back every two weeks maximum gap between visits, my true home)
I am a final year philosophy student, hoping to get graduate training job in marketing when I finish university-I say hope I mean have to for money its not my true desire, my true desire is to move back in with my mum forever and stay there forever and live with my pets and mum forever.
I live with my partner of 4 years 8 months in a city an hour and a half away from my Welsh home in england. very nice flat, nice area we can barely afford but its still not wales and no pets allowed. Not that I'd replace mine but you know what i mean!

My interests are listed on my profile.

My pets are not dead. But they are very old and one is 'sick' in a way. I fear when they do die I will not cope ....

I was raised to believe they are my brothers and call them my brothers and that they are sentient people and my family.

They certainly seem not your average animals but more about that in another thread.

I have lost one pet once but perhaps a separate not introduction story. it was many years ago.

I look forward (in a way) to telling you about each of pets, including death of one and whats wrong with the living ones and maybe more about why for their species they are so odd and not like any other animals I have ever met. I am a great animals lover though and studier of animals ethics.

I am here because my pets are not dead but will some day die maybe this year, maybe next year maybe in 3 years (probably no longer due to age) but because the way I was raised and how close we are and my views on their sentience i love them more than anyone even humans close to me and I live in constant anxiety and fear of their demise. I almost cannot get on with my life. When I am away from them I feel life is meaningless.

I hate non animal lovers. THose who think animals are less important than people are not worthy of life in my view. I know I'm an extremist but I'd gladly save an animal I'd never met over a human who was a casual friend and I'd murder so many to save my brothers life as a mother would for her child.

I need friend who understand the most important part of my life and a support network so when they die as we all do I won't top myself.

My brothers are called Pierre and Takhisis. Maron was a hamster now dead.

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